Eagles select former Canadian firefighter Danny Watkins

The Eagles selected one of the more interesting players in Danny Watkins 23rd overall Thursday.

Watkins, 26, had never planned on playing football. He was a Canadian firefighter who had gone to Butte junior college to pursue a fire sciences degree. While there, he was talked into playing football for the first time in his life, and after transferring to Baylor became a top prospect. His favorite sports franchise is the Vancouver Canucks. Here’s a story we did on him him from the combine.